Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecd339b733119e7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2009-11-15 19:41:70 Authoring application: PDF Library 4.3.9 (via PDF Library 3.9.7)
MD5: b55da606ba9aff865a9cc62670d4baea SHA-1: 818671003d847b6e4687cfb900de46c0173a4388 SHA-256: ecd339b733119e7bacc5c11c9dc7e3a9fa4ed1b8372dcad0779620e9dc22d9eb
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36166. The presence of embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings, suggests the document is designed to execute malicious code. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common tactic for trojan agents. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
b8e133dc8301fa817f4f2e03a58450fe74fb04e91f7f2ff47e2a45b4a8b975a1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A5 75440 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36166
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely